(d) the powers of the SIAs to obtain BPDs by means of theft, bribery and
coercion; and
(e) abuse of BPDs by staff at the SIAs, which reported to the ISC that “they had
disciplined – or in some cases dismissed – staff for inappropriately accessing
personal information held in these datasets in recent years”.115
2.87.
115
116
Further concerns were set out in written evidence by Eric King to the Joint Bill
Committee in December 2015.116 These included intelligence sharing, the
personal nature of some travel, financial and health-related databases, and the
absence of any published review.
2015 ISC Report, para 163(i). Cf. Andrew Griffin, “British spies hacked themselves and family
members to get personal information to send birthday cards, new papers reveal”, The
Independent, 21 April 2016, referred to by Joanna Cherry QC MP in the Report stage debate
on the Bill, 7 June 2016.
IPB0106, evidence submitted by Eric King to the Joint Bill Committee on 21 December 2015:
http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/draftinvestigatory-powers-bill-committee/draft-investigatory-powers-bill/written/26357.html.
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